Daniel Tovrov

A cruise ship owned by Costa is reportedly adrift off the Seychelles in the Indian ocean following a fire on board.

Nine people were killed in the suicide attack at the Jalalabad airport, which doubles as a coalition military base; a Taliban official said the act was revenge for U.S. troops burning Korans last week.

Italy has been fined by a European court for violating the human rights of African migrants.

Just hours after UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said that Britain officially recognizes the Syrian National Council as a legitimate representative of Syrian people, the SNC won an unusual ally in the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

The UK has officially recognized the Syrian opposition as a legitimate representative of the county's citizenry.

Thousands of Syrians have fled to Jordan amidst the waves of violence currently wracking their home country. As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues to lay siege to a number of cities in the country, the influx of Syrians escaping to the south is expected to grow.

Seven al-Shabab militants were reportedly killed during an overnight airstrike in southern Somalia.

Five new developments in the ongoing situation in Syria, including the potential arming of the Free Syrian Army and attempts at peace.

International leaders and supporters of Youcef Nadarkhani are calling for the release of the Christian pastor who has been sentenced to death in Iran.

A old e-mail scam finds a new face: the United Nations. How Nigerian fraudsters are trying to trick you into sending them $95.

President Barack Obama has scheduled a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres for early March, in which the main topic of conversation will surely be Iran. Will it be practice for Obama's meeting with Netanyahu the next day?

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner expressed her “profound sadness” over Wednesday's train crash in Buenos Aires, which left 49 people dead and more than 600 injured.

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned on Wednesday after a row with fellow party member Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Iran has issued what could be the final execution order for Youcef Nadarkhani, the Christian pastor who was found guilty of renouncing Islam.

Seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday during protests over the burning of the Koran at a NATO base near Kabul.

With the situation in Syrian continually worsening, the United Nations is still trying to select who will serve as a special envoy to the county.

Gas prices have risen to above $4 per gallon in many parts of the country, but compared to other countries, it's actually a rather low figure.

At least 30 people were killed in Nigeria on Monday when suspected Boko Haram militants attacked the Baga Road fish market in the northern city of Maiduguri.

Under pressure from the United States, Japan is close to cutting its oil imports from Iran.

Yemeni's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is calling on his countrymen to take part in presidential elections on Tuesday.

In Belgrade, Serbia, a swift change in the weather has caused popular floating restaurant Alexander to sink completely into the Danube River.

Joachim Gauck has been picked to be the next president of Germany. The pastor and East German activist was passed over by German chancellor Angela Merkel the last time around.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will have no problem getting election to his third term as president, a state polling agency determined on Monday.

Egypt's military rulers have failed to set a date for the country's presidential elections. It's been over a year since President Hosni Mubarak resigned, but Egyptians have little information on when they will get to participate in the first free presidential vote in decades.

At least 44 inmates were killed during a prison riot near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Sunday.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is treating Iran's letter about restarting nuclear talks with caution, but noted Iran's response was “the one we have been waiting for.”

Zimbabwe reacted strongly to the European Union's decision to renew sanctions on President Robert Mugabe's government on Friday. Despite the lift on travel bans and asset freezes on 51 people connected to Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, Zimbabwean leadership is still furious that the illegal sanctions are still in place .

France and England signed a new nuclear-energy pact on Friday that will lead to the construction of more nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom, with more than 500 million pounds sterling ($791 million) of private-sector investment.

Syrian government forces continue to shell opposition protestors in the city of Homs on Friday. Activists in the city are calling the assault the heaviest in weeks.